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The songs of world famous Swedish opera soprano and composer Margareta Hallin are written on texts by well-known Swedish poets, like Ferlin, Martinson, Ekelöf and others. On this CD we hear the composer herself performing together with great clarinet player Kjell Fagéus, also playing Margareta Hallin´s Cadenza for solo clarinet. This very lyrical recording, with some suddenly surprising sharp edges, is a gem for all lovers of contemporary chamber music with contact with tradition.
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THE CRITICS:
Kammarmusiknytt: "(---) The CD covers a broad spectrum of feelings, from melancolia to jerky daily verses. There are only two artists, a soprano and a clarinet (---) in spite of the limited instrumentation there is a great emotional depth. The capacity of Hallin we know, and in the hands of Fagéus a clarinet borrows itself to a multitude of expressons (---) This is intimite music in the finest meaning of the word. " Kristianstadsbladet: "(---) Maragareta Hallin is the lady that is doing whatever she wants and she appears in the most unexpected situations (---) Voice and clarinet sometimes becomes one instrument, sometimes they turn different directions and from that new qualities arrises. The moods vary from the deeply elegiatic to loose and free humour. " SJ: "(---) Maragareta Hallin is a well-known name i Swedish musical environment, and her versitality covers far more than that of the opera singer. She has been composing since the mid 1980s and with a very original output. On this CD you find 20 works. 19 texts by great poets like Ekelöf, Martinson (Aniara), Ferlin, Blomberg – and Gormander – is geniously put to music, some of them with the sole interplay with a clarinet. Kjell Fagéus plays on top of that also Hallin´s Cadenza for clarinet solo. This is SO GOOD! " |
| 1. | Jag tänker | 4´45 |
Harry Martinson: from Aniara
| 2. | Sång nr 79 | 1´26 |
| 3. | Sång nr 40 | 2´01 |
| 4. | Sång nr 25 | 1´08 |
| 5. | Sång nr 7 | 4´23 |
| 6. | Sång om Karelen | 5´21 |
Nils Ferlin
| 7. | Så ler bara den | 1´54 |
| 8. | á la Burns | 1´46 |
| 9. | Guds födelsedag | 1´01 |
Erik Blomberg
| 10. | Lärkan | 3´14 |
| 11. | Cadenza för soloklarinett | 6´37 |
Werner Aspenström
| 12. | Trappan | 2´10 |
| 13. | Bäste drängens visa | 1´46 |
| 14. | Sardinen på tunnelbanan | 1´12 |
Lope de Vega
| 15. | Madonnans vaggvisa | 4´46 |
Elmer Diktonius
| 16. | Barnets bön | 1´41 |
Alf Henriksson
| 17. | Moralkaka | 1´37 |
Li Po
| 18. | Dricka ensam under månen | 2´07 |
| 19. | Efter att ha druckit | 1´23 |
Dagens Gormander
| 20. | Äckligt kaffe du gör… | 6´08 |
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